Siberiade (1979) - Andrei Konchalovsky

Russian history presented as an epic story about a little village in Siberia.
See http://russianfilm.blogspot.com/2007/10/andrei-mikhalkov-konchalovsky-siberiad.html

Ivan the Terrible parts I and II (1944) - Sergei Eisenstein

Expressionist imagery. Breathtaking lighting, use of space, close-ups, Christian iconography. The black-and-white images shimmer in the high contrast to render characters larger than life.

Persona non grata (2005) - Krzysztof Zanussi

A brilliant late Zanussi.

Island, The (2006) - Pavel Lungin

An article about Pavel Lungin
Review from KinoKultura